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Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Departmental Funding
Matt Shanahan
1191. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Justice to provide a breakdown in tabular form for the total amount of spending for the past five years recorded by Muintír Na Tíre to support community alert schemes, the report to provide a breakdown by county for each of the five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38540/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Childcare Services
Matt Shanahan
1482. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure the provision of additional crèche and childcare facilities in Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39058/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Assisted Human Reproduction
Matt Shanahan
1511. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health the official policy position in relation to State supported IVF treatment; the criteria for access to IVF support funding; the range and breadth of the funding possible; the number of possible cycles that can be supported; the constraints or restrictions to State supported IVF in relation to income, age, gender bias, biological donor, underlying or pre-existing illness and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37236/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Hospital Services
Matt Shanahan
1512. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health In a recent visit to University Hospital Waterford if he will give a public commitment to seven days x 12 hours per day accessibility for emergency procedures in the UHW cath lab suite to begin in September 2023; if the appropriate staff compliment has been authorized or is in place to provide the required level of cover over the proposed seven day 12-hour schedule; if once operational the cath lab suite will be noted for seven-day semi-referral under the acute coronary syndrome programme; if the National Ambulance Service will also be immediately updated of the change in status as soon as it happens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37237/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Public Procurement Contracts
Matt Shanahan
1513. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an explanation of a procurement process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37238/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Public Procurement Contracts
Matt Shanahan
1514. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health further to the timelines already highlighted in previous a Parliamentary Question regarding the development of surgical hubs in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway, the reason the design specification expedited for the Galway project was not given as a construction template for the other three projects in order that these could be expedited along with the Galway-based project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37239/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Hospital Staff
Matt Shanahan
1520. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the appropriate staff complement has been authorised or is in place to provide the required level of cover over the proposed seven day 12 hour schedule at University Hospital, Waterford (details supplied); if he will also confirm that once operational, the catheterisation laboratory suite will be noted for seven day semi-referral under the acute coronary syndrome programme; if he will further confirm that the national ambulance service will also be immediately updated of the change in status as soon as it happens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37266/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Public Procurement Contracts
Matt Shanahan
1521. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health to provide an explanation of the following procurement process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37267/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Public Procurement Contracts
Matt Shanahan
1522. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health given the timelines already highlighted in previous Parliamentary Question regarding surgical hubs development in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway, the reason the design specification, obviously expedited for the Galway project, was not given as a construction template for the other three projects so that these could be expedited along with the Galway based project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37268/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Mental Health Services
Matt Shanahan
1571. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of legal cases in progress, or pending, in relation to GDPR breaches with respect to the national CAMHS service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37579/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Mental Health Services
Matt Shanahan
1572. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health to provide an outline of the degree of integration between CAMHS services and the other HSE interfaces that exist across the HSE network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37580/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Mental Health Services
Matt Shanahan
1573. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health to outline his confidence in the ICT systems and networks that allow the national and satellite CAMHS units to carry out their patient communications and follow-up functions effectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37581/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Mental Health Services
Matt Shanahan
1574. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health what robustness he has been advised of in terms of national CAMHS ICT systems and the ability of same to provide accurate data reporting, including the revision process of patient data in terms of age and domicile residence and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37582/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Matt Shanahan
1612. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if he plans to provide funding in budget 2024 to fund the provision of the glucose monitoring device Dexcom G7 to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37681/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Medicinal Products
Matt Shanahan
1636. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if his Department is currently considering including Saxenda (which is now recognised as a valuable medication in the treatment of obesity) to the drugs payment scheme for non-diabetic patients; if there are currently any plans to widen the prescription basis of Saxenda to medical card holders with a BMI over 35 as a preventative medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37811/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Matt Shanahan
711. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will acknowledge the enormous amount of care being provided voluntarily by family members at home for relatives in need of very high levels of care; if she will acknowledge that if this voluntary home care were not available and responsibility transferred to the State, this would put a huge financial burden on the State; if she will acknowledge that a large number of voluntary carers are not eligible to apply for carer’s allowance as they do not satisfy the means test limit under the current legislation; and if she will consider abolishing the means test. [36457/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Disability Services
Matt Shanahan
1035. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider increasing the funding for HSE disability services in Budget 2024, as the service is completely underfunded at the moment (details supplied). [36366/23]
Tue, 11 Jul 2023
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Tax Code
Matt Shanahan
198. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Finance if he intends increasing the income tax exemption of €36,000 for a married couple over 65 years of age (details supplied) ( €18,000 single person), given the proposed increase in the old age pension will push many retired people over the exemption limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33848/23]
Thu, 29 Jun 2023
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Small and Medium Enterprises
Matt Shanahan
206. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of SME credit advanced in previous credit guaranteed schemes in the past 12-months, by county and sector; what that quantum of funding is, in relation to the previous year's allocation; the variance estimated in relation to the proposed new credit guaranteed SME scheme to be announced, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31681/23]
Tue, 27 Jun 2023
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Departmental Schemes
Matt Shanahan
633. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if he will commit to having his Department conduct a review of the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); if he will request his Department to re-examine an application; his views on whether the long-term illness scheme which is governed by the Health Act 1970, is long overdue a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30579/23]